English

Noun

calli

1. plural form of callus

Catalan

Verb

calli

1. first-person singular present subjunctive form of callar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive form of callar
3. third-person singular imperative form of callar

Classical Nahuatl

The glyph for the day sign calli “house”, from the Codex Magliabechiano.

Etymology 1

Siméon suggests a connection with cah ‎(“to be, remain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈka.lːi]

Noun

calli ‎(inanimate)

1. An enclosed habitational space, a house or room.
   • 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 45v.

     Caſa.   calli.techan.

     A house. calli. techan.

   • 1571: Idem, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 25r. col. 2.

     Caſa. calli. techan.

     A house. calli. techan.

   • Idem, f. 11v. col. 1.

     Calli. caſa, o tenazuelas de palo o de caña para / comer mayz toſtado enel reſcoldo.

     Calli. a house, or small wooden or cane tongs used to eat maize that has toasted on embers.

2. The third day sign of the Aztec tōnalpōhualli, represented conceptually by a stylized one-room house.
   • 16C: Codex Magliabechiano, f. 11v.

     chico açe cale / q̃ quiere dezir / seis casas.

     chico açe cale. [sic] which means “six houses”.

Synonyms

• chāntli

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.lːi]

Noun

cālli ‎(inanimate)

1. Wooden or cane tongs used to eat toasted maize.
   • 1571: Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 11v. col. 1.

     Calli. caſa, o tenazuelas de palo o de caña para / comer mayz toſtado enel reſcoldo.

     Calli. a house, or small wooden or cane tongs used to eat maize that has toasted on embers.

References

• Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 25r, 11v
• Rémi Siméon (1885) Diccionario de la lengua náhuatl o mexicana, Siglo Veintiuno Editores, page 61
• Laurette Séjourné (1981) El pensamiento náhuatl cifrado por los calendarios, Siglo Veintiuno Editores, page 18

Italian

Noun

calli f

1. plural of calle

calli m

1. plural of callo

Latin

Noun

callī

1. genitive singular of callum

Nahuatl

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• cajli (Mecayapan and Tatahuicapan)
• cali̱ (Tetelcingo)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kahli/ (Mecayapan and Tatahuicapan)
• IPA^(key): /kalɪ/ (Tetelcingo)

Noun

calli

1. house

References

• Brewer, Forrest; Jean G. Brewer (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Telecingo, Morelos: castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano, México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 21, 49, 113
• Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002) Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz, 2nd electronic ed., Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 19, 222

Etymology 2

Noun

calli

1. tongs
   • 1645: Horacio Carochi, Arte de la lengua mexicana con la declaración de los adverbios della, f. 47v

     cālli, largo el ca, ſignifica tenaçuelas de palo, ò caña, para ſacar maiz toſtado del reſcoldo.

     (cālli, with the cā long, means little tongs of wood or reed to take toasted maize from the embers.)

References

• Carochi, Horacio (2001) Grammar of the Mexican Language, with an Explanation of its Adverbs (1645), trans. by James Lockhart, Stanford: Stanford University Press, pages 186–187
• Karttunen, Frances (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 22